The Chairman of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area, Ifeanyi Isikaku has called for a probe of the commissioning of an uncompleted road that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) awarded in their local government area. Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mr. Femi Adesina commissioned the road in the company of Mr. Alex Otti, governorship aspirant, who was ...
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Fashola urges state governors to support infrastructure
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has called on state governors to support access to electricity through improved power infrastructure in their states. Speaking at the opening session of NACOP, the minister said, “It is no longer news that the Distribution Companies (DisCos) are having difficulty funding distribution infrastructures. “Therefore, as collective 40 per cent shareholders, ...
Read More »NIA chairman plans architects’ property cooperative initiative
Poised to ensure its members are homeowners in Lagos state, the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA) has indicated its readiness to begin the process of providing homes for its members through Lagos Architects Property Cooperative Initiative. Fitzgerald Umah, the newly re-elected Lagos NIA chairman dropped the hint after his re-election last week in Lagos. This, according to him, was one ...
Read More »Worker’s contribution to FMBN hits N2b – Kaigama
Federal government is set to commence construction of houses for its civil servants in selected two states per geopolitical zones, as workers monthly contributions to the Federal Mortgage bank (FMBN) hit N2b. President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria ( TUC) Bobboi Kaigama disclosed this in Abuja Tuesday, at a stakeholders forum to announce a partnership arrangement between workers ...
Read More »Housing problem deepens despite govt’s policies – NACC
The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, NACC, has said that it is regrettable that despite great policies, institutions and regulations which various Nigerian governments including the state governments, had put in place since independence, the task of instituting efficient, effective, affordable and sustainable housing delivery processes had remained a challenge to policymakers even as the problems of housing provision had worsened. ...
Read More »What will you do if your landlord slaps you in a heated argument?
Rent issues come with a lot of dramas attached to it. Landlord-tenant relationship can be quiet hilarious and full of unwarranted embarrassment at times. Some of these landlords unapologetically put law into their hands. After all, it’s their house and this is Nigeria where anyone can do anything and get away with it. What will happen if your landlord slaps ...
Read More »Engineer tasks SouthEast government to build concrete roads
The South east Governments have been tasked on the need to build concrete roads that would last about 15 to 18 years before developing cracks and potholes. A civil engineer who retired from the Enugu State Ministry of Works, and currently the site Engineer at the HELIU Residences, Enugu, Engr. Fred Okoli gave this advice in an interview shortly after ...
Read More »Tinubu pledges to build Faculty of Arts complex for LASU
A former Governor of Lagos State and Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has offered to build a complex to house the faculty of arts at the Lagos State University (LASU) in Ojo. The Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, made the announcement at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos. Fagbohun said the donation provided to build ...
Read More »Home Security: 7 Simple Ways To Secure Your Home Against Robbery
According to an online report, burglaries reportedly happen every 15 minutes in Nigeria. Even more worrying, is the fact that 73% of those robberies happen to residential homes. As a homeowner who have or would be moving into your new home soon, the safety of your home should be one of your top priorities. Inorder to help you with that, I ...
Read More »FG commissions N203m erosion control projects in Karishi, Abuja
The federal government, yesterday, commissioned an N263 million erosion control projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), executed through the Ecological Fund Office (EFO) in Karishi and Abaji. FCT Minister, Mohammed Bello, who performed the inauguration said both projects were expected to check flooding and gully erosion menace in the communities. He added that the age-long problem of gully erosion ...
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